“Success isn’t winning every
time. A lot of different factors go into
every race, and you can’t control all of them.
Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular
day. The people I admire most aren’t
necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.” -
Aimee Mullins, Double-amputee track star
It is not easy to achieve success. And
it is not easy to win the game of chess. If it were easy everyone would achieve
success and win the game of chess, and their success would lose their
relevance. It requires immense attention, intelligence, focus and strategy to
win the game of chess. It requires lots of hard work, smart work and wise work
to achieve success. But both need one common thing – that is strategy. Both need certain tools and techniques.
Hence, we will discuss them.
When you want to win the game of chess
you look at various moves. You look at the various permutations and
combinations and think several steps ahead of it. You also think ahead of the
pros and cons before making any move and anticipate the counter moves by your
opponent. In fact, chess is a brain game that enhances your intelligence,
focus, and decision-making. Similarly, when you want to achieve success you
need to look from multiple perspectives by setting both short-term and long-term
goals. First of all, you must be clear
about your goals before you create a blueprint to reach your goals. While
creating the blueprint you must keep both short-term and long-term goals in
view and align them effectively to accomplish your goals. The reason for
dividing goals into short-term and long-term is that if people fail to
accomplish their short-term goals they are still motivated to move forward as
they are focused on long-term goals.
Follow
SMART Strategy
You must follow SMART strategy to
accomplish your goals where SMART is the acronym for Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Realistic and Trackable.
When you set your goals, be clear in what area of your life you want to
excel. You must be able to measure how
long it would take to accomplish your goals. You must see that the goals are
achievable and realistic, and not based on daydreaming. Finally, you must be
able to track the status of your goals from time to time so that you can take
remedial action to accomplish your goals if you find distractions in accomplishing
them.
Although we want to reach our
destination we must not forget to enjoy the journey as every moment of our life
is precious. To conclude, achieving
success in life is like playing the game of chess, and you must plan properly
and execute effectively by making each move carefully to come out with flying colors.
“Winning doesn’t always mean being
first. Winning means you’re doing better
than you’ve ever done before.” - Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medalist in speed
skating
Life is great!
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